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Michael Ray Admits He Had A Major Emoji Mishap! ●
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I don't like love songs. Whether to listen to or perform. They're hooey. Like romantic films, they're just not believable and they're not how people talk. ●
--- Carrie Underwood.
If you keep doing the ‘make an album, promote the album, tour, make an album,’ where do you get to grow, where do you get to be a human, where do you get to shift your focus for a minute? ●
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There is no eye contact anymore. At my concerts when I’m performing, sometimes all I notice are people’s phones. It’s very distracting. I think about the people who paid all this money to be in the front row, and they’re holding up their phones. They could have sat at home and watched me on YouTube. ●
--- Kellie Pickler on the state of live performance today.
It’s been a good run recently. But I hit dry spells all the time. I get so … [Read more...]

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If he were here, he'd be deeply grateful, then probably say, 'Let's go home and eat some beans and 'taters.' ●
--- Tommy Cash, at the unveiling of brother Johnny's star on the Music City Walk of Fame.
We went in there and we were like, ‘We need a steel guitar player. We need fiddle. We need banjo. We need mandolin. We want this. Don’t do the slammin’ electric guitars — only on these two songs.' ●
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We always like to refer to it as ‘Flatterizing’ a track. ●
--- Jay DeMarcus on what Rascal Flatts calls it when they record a song. Flatterizing, huh? This reminds me that, with all the 'bro country' hullabaloo, we probably haven't been making fun of these guys nearly enough the past couple years.
Their show is the most crazy thing I’ve ever seen in my life, minus going to a dubstep concert. ●
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Loretta says she's wearing a new dress that's a little big, but if it falls down, just keep clapping. ●
--- Juli Thanki, tweeting from a Loretta Lynn performance.
I recently had dinner with Loretta Lynn. She’s a longtime hero of mine. I don’t think I said two words. She must think I’m a simple-minded country girl (laughs). I couldn’t think of anything to say. I was just in awe of her. I don’t remember what we ate. I just remember … [Read more...]